Homer

Birth/Death dates: 9th century B.C.E.

Childhood life: Nothing is known about Homer's childhood.

Personality: unknown.

Famous writings: the Illiad and the Odyssey

Interesting facts:
  • Homer was blind.
  • Scholars suggest that Homer was born on the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea, in Smyrna, a seaport in western Turkey, in Colophon, near Ephesus, Turkey, on Rhodes, an Aegean island, in Salamis, Cyprus, or in Athens or Argos on the Greek mainland.
  • Because of the dearth of information about him, it is not possible to determine specific details about his life.






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